Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

why did the old man let him go, was he crazy

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man, him, man · What happens: let, go, be · To what, where: him

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 let	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 let	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 let	nsubj
6	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 crazy	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 crazy	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 crazy	nsubj
12	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	past · do-support	the old man	him = he		tree rules
2	go	infinitive	him = he not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	man		crazy property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He trusted the boy, he thought devils couldn't hurt him, so he waved goodbye and went back inside to rest

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trusted	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thought	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
8	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hurt	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 thought	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurt	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 waved	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 waved	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 waved	nsubj
16	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
17	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 waved	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
20	back	back	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
21	inside	inside	ADV	_	19 went	advmod
22	to	to	PART	_	23 rest	mark
23	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 went	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trust	past	He	the boy		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	boy			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not hurt	could	devils	boy		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
4	wave	past	boy	goodbye		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient
5	go back	past	He not said here		inside property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
6	rest	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He trusted the boy, he thought devils couldn't hurt him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trusted	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thought	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
8	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hurt	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 thought	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	trust	past	He	the boy	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	boy		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not hurt	could	devils	boy	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient

Option 3

He trusted the boy, he thought devils couldn't hurt him, and he wanted him to grow up strong

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 trusted	nsubj
2	trusted	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trusted	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thought	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
8	devils	devil	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 hurt	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hurt	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 hurt	advmod
11	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 thought	ccomp
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurt	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 wanted	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wanted	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wanted	nsubj
16	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 trusted	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 wanted	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 grow	mark
19	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 wanted	xcomp
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 grow	compound:prt
21	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 grow	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trust	past	He	the boy		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	boy			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not hurt	could	devils	boy		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient
4	want	past	boy	him = he		tree rules
5	grow up not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here		strong property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He thought the boy would be fine with the dog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boy	det
4	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 dog	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dog	det
10	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	the boy					with the dog; fine property	tree rules

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